This tart is easy to put together but looks really impressive, and is great as part of a buffet. The recipe can also be used to make mini tartlets that make ideal canapés – simply cut the pastry into bite-sized squares and reduce final the baking time to 10 minutes.
Ingredients
- 700g pumpkin (or butternut squash), peeled, deseeded & cut into 1cm thick slices
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 200g Tenderstem Broccoli, cut into 4cm lengths
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 x 375g pack puff pastry
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
- 4 tbsp creme fraiche
- Freshly ground black pepper & sea salt
How to make Tenderstem Broccoli Pumpkin and Nut Tart
- Preheat the oven to 200°C / gas 6.
- Put the pumpkin, red onion and thyme in a roasting tin and pour over the olive oil.
- Toss to mix well and roast in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Then add the Tenderstem Broccoli and garlic to the roasting tin, mix through and roast for a further 5 minutes.
- Take a heavy bottomed baking sheet and line it with baking parchment.
- Roll out the pastry to whatever shape best fits your baking sheet.
- When the filling is cooked spread it over the pastry, leaving generous 1cm border all around the outside.
- Sprinkle over the pine nuts, dot little blobs of creme fraiche over the surface and season with freshly ground black pepper and a little sea salt.
- Bake in the oven for around 20 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and golden.
- Serve with a simple green salad.
Recipe from
www.tenderstem.co.uk